UK Teachers Announce Strike Over Pay

Industrial action looked set to intensify after Britain’s largest teaching union announced a series of strike days over pay next month in England and Wales. <br />The National Education Union says its members voted overwhelmingly to walk out as part of calls for an above-inflation pay rise. <br />The announcement came as public sector workers hold a wave of walkouts for salaries to take into account double-digit inflation. <br />NEU joint general secretary Kevin Courtney says they believe the government knows there needs to be a correction on teacher pay. <br />It said each school will only be affected for four days.